# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Aladdin Insulation of Missouri
> OSHA SIR `2023054487` · 5/19/2023 · LAKE ST LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Paint
- **Secondary source:** Sprayers, air guns-paint
## Employer
- **Name:** Aladdin Insulation of Missouri
- **Location:** Little Sunshine Playhouse, LAKE ST LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63367
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a paint sprayer when the spray gun became clogged. The employee went to unscrew the tip and spray the clogged paint out when paint was injected into his right hand.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*